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James Wan — Australian Producer born on February 27, 1977,

James Wan is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw and creating Billy the Puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence and Death Sentence, Insidious, The Conjuring and Insidious: Chapter 2, and Furious 7, which was released in April 2015... (wikipedia)

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.

For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.

For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional, and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters.

We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics, but often they are the best-made movies you're going to find in terms of craft. You can't scare people if they see the seams.

Not many people realize this, but I'm a really squeamish guy. When I watch other horror films that are really over-the-top with their blood and guts, I cannot watch it.

James Wan Quotes

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